Adam Savage Builds Isaac Newton's Death Mask Box!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2023
- Adam travels back to the Royal Society in London where he last encountered the original death mask of Sir Isaac Newton! Since first seeing the mask, Adam has built a custom archival carrying box for the Royal Society to keep this historical artifact housed in its archives. The build of this aluminum box--using a 3D printed replica of the mask--was in and of itself a journey!
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Thanks to Brady Haran for bringing us to The Royal Society! You can find his Objectivity videos at th-cam.com/users/ObjectivityVideos
Learn more about this artifact at pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8492
I guess im nobody buy according to my ancestry Isaac was ..is my relative so that's exciting I guess but it only makes me feel inadequate despite being proud of the connection. And apparently I'm one of many so ... thank you on behalf of all of us for doing this.
Loving the hair vibe on this video hahah
did police caught thives who stole tools from workshop.i saw that in tv
You were correct when you said "thousands of years" regarding death masks, they were made in ancient Egypt, using plaster over cloth, then painted and beaten gold was sometimes used. The Inca used clay or wood for their royalty, (source: Encyclopedia Britannica)
A port for a mil spec humidity sight Guage. A gas exchange port, pressure release, possible additional extras that are normally found in sensitive instrument boxes , perfect box basis.
Can you PLEASE make another one to put another death mask in, and call it a Non-Newtonian Container?
THIS, PLEASE!
I haven't chortled this hard in years. Thanks!
Thank you. I needed a good nerd joke today.
but make it a mask of robin williams
😂
I mean... Having an item you made in The Royal Society's collection is cool enough. That has to be thrilling. But for that item you make to be a container for an Isaac Newton object... That just takes the awesomenss to another level.
Dude, the on the fly adjustments at the end add so much more to the mythos of this item, it's contents and it's creator. Fantastic work Adam ( I bet you were shitting it ) lool
God bless this man
And now that's a part of history too. So in this small way his name can be forever tied to Issac Newton! How friggin awesome is that?!?!
@@BooBuKittyPhuk That is actually something, that ANY maker would be proud of as hell 🥰
@@BooBuKittyPhukno shit,why do you think he made it😏
As an English man, a practitioner of science surrounding Newtonian physics, and above all...a long time fan of everything 'Savage', it really warms my heart to see how much love and attention went into building such a beautiful object.
Your comment insists upon itself.
The 3D printed (plastic) mask should be made available in the museum for sight limited individuals.
That's a great idea! Also for people with good sight it may be nice to be able to touch it without worrying that you damage the original
Are you serious? Just after PANDEMIC? You, my friend need to be more considerate. That suggestion is folly.
@@HildeTheOkayish WRONG WRONG WRONG
I think that’s a great idea, never would have thought of that!
We all know that it was not handshakes and elevator buttons that spread the virus, but contaminated air.
Give people the right to touch art and artifacts, allow them to handle and feel it, we must not limit access to history and culture in the name of sanitation, we can sanitize things and touch them.
I love that I'm 30 and I still get just as excited to see Adam as I did when I was 10 +. Thanks for being you.
Feeling the same! And I’m 48.
@RafaelYamaga hell yeah. Sometimes I just want to see the gang all back together 🥹
You're still 10 +.
Adam having a piece stored forever holding something so amazing is one hell of an honor. Amazing job.
God bless
I appreciate you filming and leaving in this final fitting, not just glazing over it like you built the perfect box
Well tbf he _did_ build the perfect box... not great at doing the lining though... I would've covered the top foam with the liner sheet completely too and had one full piece of foam on the bottom and the mask cut out of the foam blocks all the way to the top with grabber holes on both sides of the mask because no one is picking that up one handed. But the box..... yeah.... that box was perfect.
In my travels I worked with Keith as the Royal Society and he is an amazing guy full of interesting stories. he is almost part of the archive himself.
At some point they'll have to add him as the VR avatar of the Royal Society archives - including sassy jokes
Most archivists, and librarians, are indeed a key piece of their institution. Everything is catalogued, but most of these people can tell you far more than even the best catalogues can. Years ago I attended an Annual General Meeting when the chairman refered to his then Head Librarian as "Just a librarian". The audible gasp from his learned audience told volumes (pun intended).
He really does seem cool
Out of all the amazing things Adam has done and made, this may just be the part of his legacy to outlive everything else he's made. Incredible.
Watching someone with your level of skill work through an unexpected issue is one of the most interesting and educational things I get to see. Thanks for including them.
Such an important part so often missed in youtube clips creating in the viewer base this new generation of self proclaimed iterationless failures They all think it should be perfect the first try. Love it when they leave _failures_ in, as part of the process rather than an exception to some unwritten rule of perfection.
I've been designing cardboard box templates for archival work for the past few months. With a 1.6 mm archival material it can withstand a least 200lbs evenly spread across the top ( we stood on it to test). its fascinating work.
I love that this is now an artifact in its own right. Its inexerably tied into the story of the death mask.
That lid closing makes a satisfying sound!
Adam, thank you for showing your mistakes as well as how you recover from them. When you show that you, an experienced, gifted, and professional maker, has errors, it gives reassurance to those of us who aren't. I cannot tell you how sorry I was for you but how eager I was to watch the correction. Thanks for being here and showing us everything.
"The Building of My Box" would be an excellent title for Adam's next book.
Sounds like it would end with him building his own coffin I wouldn't be surprised if he did tho.
Every books a box.
@@iseriver3982 you just gave me an idea.
Really should be, "Well There's Your Problem..."
Next book ….. I have room for more hammers
I hope this doesn’t offend you all (Tested as a whole, editors, producers, and such as well as Adam), but I LOVE putting these builds on in my shop while I’m working on my own projects.
It’s relaxing to have a voice that brings peace to my mind on, and be able to luck up and see progress being made while my own happens.
Thank you all for all the work you put into this channel!
I can’t tell you how much joy these videos bring me it takes me back to the days when I was young watching and following around my grandpa around his shop as he was always building and fixing things (he was a self taught mechanical engineer and machinist)
I am a professional archivist.
You are spot on with your descriptions of how archival materials and methodologies play into long-term care/storage.
We have to make or order custom enclosures quite regularly but I've never made one for something as cool as a death mask!
maybe you can answer my question.
I was under the belief that aluminum corrodes when stainless steel fasteners are used.
Is this just in the presence of water or will it corrode even sitting on a shelf over time?
@@DaveThePirateKing The presensce of water in the air (humidity) is enough to start the corrosion process in that case. So, yes if its just sitting on a shelf and it happens to be a humid environment, corrosion can start. In a dry, dehumidifier environment the aluminum start corroding on its own, if corrosion has already stated its too late really.
57:51 Adam feverishly runs, throws the toilet seat down, and commences with the good old number 2. 😂😂😂😂
man if that is the case thats a hilarious catch it certainly sounds that way
Oh man😂😂😂😂😂 He did, that's funny!!! That's some incredible attentive listening. You can even see it was cut away because it was a long time away from the camera. Great job😂
My favorite part of watching Adam is that I do my projects while he does his, and every time he pauses to think, I always believe my video froze. It captures the process of a creator so well.
One of the best AS projects I've ever seen. What an honor for Adam to have been part of Sir Isaac's history for the rest of time. Thanks!
Keith is great, a few years ago I visited the Royal Society to read some original papers by Newton (I was awe-struck I was even allowed to) and wandered into his monday-morning meeting by accident. He was totally cool about it and asked if I just wanted to kinda sit in the rear to enjoy the meeting before reading. haha
As honorable as it is in itself to have crafted the box, a piece of you will remain in there as well. There is the story of the mask and now a new story for the box. We tend to forget to honor those who are still alive that have made a difference. You were a major part of the lives of whole generations who were fascinated by your experiments and enthusiasm. Mythbusters gets quoted so many times when people are discussing, arguing or debating over subjects. You are and will always be a "hero" in my heart and probably millions of others. You have crafted a piece of me and it's a wonderful gift to have. Thank you M. Adam Savage :)
About a month ago, I gave a presentation to my modelling club on scratchbuilding basics (using styrene). One of the items I emphasized was "if you want to get good at it, start by making boxes". Making a box well, even one out of styrene, exercises so many skills, like measuring, cutting, squaring edges, etc. Who knew that making a simple box is hard, let alone one out of aluminum, with screws and hinges, and for the Royal Society no less. So it is fascinating watching Adam build his perfect box, and despite all his years of experience and skill, still be so challenged. It is a wonder how so many things in this world that appear trivial to the uninitiated, are in fact so complex and very challenging.
Yup, years of crafting can help with the knowledge of the materials, of the tools and processes as Adam showed and yet there are so many design pitfalls in making a box. Imagine making a simple wooden box to put your printer in, adding an inset window, door and separate half shell and once everything is done and you're happy of the result, realizing you didn't account for the printing plate moving back and forth past the footprint you had envisioned... /headdesk
Yes for a University course I had to make a simple model of a hallway (or so I thought) never would’ve thought how hard it is to get everything square and straight.
@@Simoxs7 Absolutely. You can get square with the help of a tool (provided you have one) but to get good at straight you need your hand to learn by repetition.
This is a wholesome video, really love the box and glad that Adam was able to modify it successfully. Hopefully this will inspire other makers to offer up their services to make boxes to protect important artefacts.
Your love to make cases actually brought you to make a full official case for a major name in history. This is so amazing Adam, your work just brings a new level of fun, art, work, and now history.
“Anyways, here’s wonder-wall.. the royalty free version” had me absolutely dead. Such an amazing project to work with such a major historical artifact!
It definitely sounded like Green day.
EVEN BETTER that Keith made the original box. Absolutely fantastic!
This made me so happy. And happy for you, Adam! How satisfying and delightful to be of service in such a way and for such an historical figure. Wowzers.
I watched the whole thing... in one word: AMAZING!
You do such great jobs, Adam.
I so badly want to have a single day in that shop with Adam. It would be amazing.
I'd rather sit down to dinner with him. I'm terrible with my hands, so I'd just be sitting and watching the entire time.
@@jkhoover he'd prolly force you into cheap labor ;)
Yeah…..he could help you make a bird house 😂😂😂
Imagine if you could time travel back to the first time Adam heard of Newton and his contributions to the world, and tell him that he would one day make a carrying box for the original death mask of Newton.
them being so happy to do this is serotonin inducing.
could never be a more deserving person to make such a lifetime piece secure and safe for years to come 😊
I sometimes forget how long ago some of these iconic geniuses lived. Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642 and died in 1727. What a privilege it would be to create something to help preserve one of them. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
What part of that sentence do you forget?
@@chrisjohannes179 He forgot that he knew.
@@Games_and_Music Makes no sense. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
So cool that you get to contribute to the Royal Society, especially involving the great Isaac Newton! My favorite channel Adam, hope I gain a fraction of your knowledge after engineering school is done. Wish I could hang in that amazing workshop and just build models all day!🍻
I have been a fan since Myrhbusters and I’m pretty sure you making the ACTUAL box for Sir Isaac Newton’s ACTUAL death mask is hands down the most legendary build I’ve ever had the honor of watching you make. I’m such a proud fan!
We need more of these videos. It’s so amazing as a background show and helps calm me down after a shit day at work.
Oh no! Sorry for your shit day.
Wow love seeing this journey… What a journey from model making to getting to build a storage box for Isaac Newton’s death mask….. didn’t see that one coming!
There is no one more deserving of this opportunity than Adam and the tested team also
For real this box could easily stay with that mask for the next few hundred years though. Getting something into an institution like the RS is super awesome
It may even be the last surviving thing Adam made, which is pretty cool
I'm always so glad to see you leave the mistakes in. It's great to know that even people with your experience level can mess up as wells. IT makes those of us who aren't as skilled feel like you're not perfect at everything you do. :)
"I need scalpels in my life!" wow, never felt "superior" to Adam in ANY way before, but my grandfather was a supplier for dental technicians, and from him to my father to me the scalpel is a preferred tool in SO many situations! Never thought about the fact you never used it, you have so many medical related tools. Glad you discovered it! ❤️
Adam you’re one of the people that I look up to and strive to have the same passion and work ethic as you. As I’m getting older I’m learning that getting things done sooner than later is the key, and your productivity excites me to do more.
Awesome. What an honor. And Adam: I'm so glad you include your mistakes in your videos. I learn so much from you, both from your successes and from your errors (and how you fix them). :D
You are the world's greatest and most awesome nerd. Please don't ever stop being awesome!
This is one of the greatest youtube video's I have ever seen. The amount of effort and significance on a century-wide scale in incredible and I know Newton will have a wonderful home for centuries to come.
Box episodes are my absolute favorite to watch on this channel!
When they said they were going to see a Royal Society archivist ... This man is exactly what I pictured, haha.
Fantastic video and really wonderful to see the whole process and what steps need to be thought of for archival purposes.
I watched the Objectivity videos first, so I am familiar with Keith. He's a wonderful character.
I love how adam isn't afraid to show when he screws up when he could have easily edited it out. It shows that the process of making things is often messy and non-linear even for a seasoned professional like Adam. It makes me feel a hell of a lot better about when I screw up on a project.
there is something I love about Adam just casually holding Isaac Newton's face taking to the camera, just casually gushing over the thing while it's flailing about in his hands is so outrageous and I absolutely love it
Thank you for doing this series of videos! I absolutely love them. And I get to see things I would never be able to see otherwise. Thank you soo much.
It looks a lot like Robin Williams. Nice job on the box. Thanks for taking us along 👍 👍.
I kept imagining if Robin was in the room he’d have probably loved how alike they were
Awesome! I'd say that's the second most important artefact you've handled after Eric Idle's ukulele. 🙂 No, seriously, great job! I hope the 3d printed replica will be kept forever in the original cardboard box. Great story!
Watching your process is the zen in my day. Keep going with videos like these, please.
As biggest fan some can get to Sir Isaac Newton and can love Adam's enthusiasm this is one the coolest thing I ever saw, goosebumps and happy tears, and Keith for president!
An interesting thing to think about on large archival stores is actually the weight on the artifacts and containers. It's surprisingly not hard to reach a weight that actually has to be considered in the storage building itself ...
Robin Williams was 100% the first person I thought of when Adam held up the mask. It is so much like him.
100% same
How are these videos so darn interesting!?! I didn't even want to watch it because I knew it would suck me in. You are incredible and absolutely fun to watch. Always enjoy your stuff Adam. Thank you for all that you do! 🍻🌎❤️🌮
Perfectly imperfect, but it's so beautiful and well done we will gladly just say it is what it is, "Perfect and do not change anything." I hope they also keep a picture of your grateful smile for having the opportunity to maybe show off a bit of what you are capable of, but it felt absolutely all about preserving the past. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Glad you were able to make those fine adjustments while you were here. Superb!
I love seeing Adams failures. It isn’t about him failing, but seeing how he reacts to it. He owns his mistakes and turns them into opportunities. It is amazing to watch his process as he recovers from setbacks, doesn’t give up, but looks for ways to fix what went wrong. That’s inspiring.
I like it, and as someone who works in museum, I'm happy hearing someone talking about archival materials. It is quite over-built, which my over-building self appreciate. The geek in me is sad that you didn't find a way to make it archival out of apple wood, it is for Newton after all.
Maybe just a smøl apple plaque, a few cm on a side and 5-6 mm thick, that could be affixed to the box. Or maybe in the silhouette of an apple.
I love that you are trying to save a part of history. And help a place that will appreciate it. And that you did it just for the love of it.
I always appreciate Adam's honesty in these videos, he is always himble.
Death masks are somehow both creepy and fascinating to me. My dad has copies of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky's death masks and 6-7 years ago my friend and I built a display case for the Pushkin one. Nothing special, laminated particle board with glass in the front. I never got to building one for Dostoyevsky, might look into doing both of them again and this time think about archival a bit more. Mine are not original castings, but I'd still like to keep them in as good of a shape as I can.
consider Death Masks come from a time when no photography existed.
@@kruleworld Death masks have continued well into the photography era.
What I really like about you Adam is, you’re so bloody normal and relatable. It feels like I’m actually there with you, in the room! Spooky! 😉👍
It's so cool to be able to see these historical artifacts and to touch them and even build a housing for them, I'm envious.
It came out beautifully, Adam! Well done! Such a clean and classy way to store Sir Isaac!
I was rewatching 'The Expanse' recently and noticed in an episode with some containers that were labled/branded SAVAGE INDUSTRIES. Is this by coincidence or maybe an Easter egg to you?
He's actually in an episode or two. There are several old videos on here of him exploring the costumes and such.
It's an easter egg. Adam did a lot of interviews with crew and cast at the time and had a cameo in the last episode of season 2. He started using the brand "Savage Industries" at about the same time that it appeared in The Expanse season 3. If you look closely you'll notice that Melba (Clarissa) works for Savage Industries - apparently the company is made from archival grade materials as well and survives far into the future.
Adam should make plans to have his face cast in a death mask after his death and have that mask stored at the Royal Society in the old Newton box. 🤔
The best part of this was seeing all the care and detail and almost reverence at the end. Great vid.
Adam has to feel amazing about this. Great execution. This is one of the coolest things I've seen.
Keith is such a treasure ♥
Love the build, Isaac is a hero, and saw the Brady video as well; had a craft question, will the stainless steel and aluminum galvanic interaction eventually cause a problem?
I wondered the same thing. I suspect that the dry air and temperature in the Royal Society will prevent it but I don't know enough to say for sure.
I am 34 right now so having seen Mythbusters as a Kid and Teen means Adam is a Person which I look at for a very long period. And Adam your Passion and Enjoyment for what you do over such a long Period of Time is astonishing and still as enthusing now as an adult as it was for me as a Kid, seeing you on Mythbusters. Thanks and keep enjoying
Awesome build! Such relief when it closed correctly! I learn at least one tip in every video. Lesson learned here was you don't have to put adhesive EVERYWHERE.
So refreshing to see someone show there mistakes and not make it look like they did everything perfect😊
I rly like the (over)thinking of everything and that still things can go wrong , just 1 (savage)man and a workbench telling us through his state of thinking , just very conforting ? That isnt the word, i just like it! Cant wait for the next 1 !
An item you made, protecting an artifact held by The Royal Society which could remain for hundreds of years. What an honour.
Newton would be proud of all the math you used to make this.
Adam, I love your shop! I have major shop envy. I totally understand your satisfaction of working with your hands and enjoying the journey to the end goal.
I really appreciate that you never edit out your mistakes. You own them... almost as if making mistakes isn't such a bad thing.
Watching this for the second time. I have seen all Mythbusters and many of these videos. This is the coolest thing I have every seen you build. I can’t wait to see the safe door completed but to date, this is the best.
what a great archivist. He has a wonderful sense of humor and whimsey.
So, glad you got to meet Brady. Very cool.
Adam Savage, officially together with his favorite person, sharing space in history... Literally. I can't imagine the feelings.
I really enjoyed watching his process.
An avid fan my entire life, you've inspired so much of my personal self. Thank you for that, forever questioning and learning!
great gift for a teacher and a even better gift as a stress reliever for students so that can get back at him in their own way.
I love that you include mistakes. Makes me feel better about my decidedly and immensely more amateur work where I often make mistakes.
Incredible stuff Adam! What a build, it really does belong in a museum!
I didnt think I would enjoy this video, but how wrong was I. Thanks for the full build, with all the problems along the way, really makes you appreciate how things are made!
What and unbelievably cool project Adam . You are the best. Comfort beyond belief 🙏
I would love a spotify playlist of what you jam on in the shop as you work. Would be super cool to play as I am in my shop working away on my one offs.
What an obscure and cool story to tell years down the line!!!
Wonderful video! I loved every minute of it. I would also like to say, as a woodworker, that is a well used mallet. Having made several I find them very satisfying as a short project, and I would love to see Adam Savages take on the simple mallet.
So, while I really appreciate how cool this video is from the standpoint of scientific history and archival preservation, I ended up putting this on as a "background" while working on sewing commissions. Can I say, this strangely served the same function as "parallel play?" New source of motivation unlocked. Thank you Adam Savage and your willingness to share your building process with us.
Absolutely love seeing how this all came together, even the hiccups along the way, Adam must be so proud to know that Newton's death mask is now stored snugly and safely inside his custom crafted box. Also amazing just how awkward it can be to make what people would assume would be fairly simple (even out of metal).
this has to be the best collab/friendship ever
Any person that has done a big job no matter what it may be. If you have ever messed up after you have already done a bunch of work to get to that part, you know exactly how Adam felt.
Cant believe I just watched 2h of making a box, and loved every bit of it.